‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ko`ris bug + 'o`psis appearance. ] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. Coreopsis tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n)any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America, Syn.tick-weed, tickweed, tickseed
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‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ko`ris bug + 'o`psis appearance. ] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. Coreopsis tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]